Heroic vs. Spirit, Preview and Prediction-Free 8/17 CS: GO
The opponents meet at the group stage of the ESL Pro League Season 14 tournament this Tuesday. Heroic will play their second match while Spirit will play their first match in Group A.
Heroic Stats and Latest Results
Heroic is ranked 8th on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 70 weeks. They got an invite to the ESL Pro League Season 14 based on their ESL World Ranking. At the same time, Heroic is a champion because they won the ESL Pro League Season 13 which ended in April. This means that they have a lot of experience and expectations in this tournament and will show an exciting performance. At the same time, they finished 4th at the Flashpoint 3 and 9-12th place at the IEM Summer 2021. Meanwhile, they won their first match in Group A when they met Bad News Bears. Considering their last 8 matches, they have won 4 and holds a win rate of 53.8%.
Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Nuke (81.8%), Ancient (75.0%) and Overpass (60.0%). On the other hand, they failed to give an impressive performance on Mirage (28.6%) and Inferno (0.0%). The team line-up includes cadiaN (1.11), refrezh (1.01), stavn (1.12), TeSeS (1.11), and sjuush (1.09).
Spirit Stats and Latest Results
Spirit is ranked 12th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 89 weeks. They qualified to participate in the ESL Pro League Season 14 tournament based on their ESL World Ranking. They recently won the Pinnacle Cup II after defeating Endpoint (2:1) at the grand final. Meanwhile, they finished 3rd at the StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 and 13-16th at the IEM Cologne 2021. The Russian team has a 3-match win streak and holds a win rate of 62.5%.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that Spirit has been impressive on Dust2 (77.8%), Overpass (70.0%), Mirage (66.7%), Ancient (60.0%), and Nuke (57.1%). On the other hand, they failed to show a decent performance on Inferno (20.0%), Train (0.0%), and Vertigo (0.0%). The team line-up consists of chopper (1.02), mir (1.20), sdy (1.12), degster (1.19), and magixx (1.04).
Heroic vs. Spirit H2H Record
There are 5 head-to-head records between Heroic and Spirit. So far, Heroic has won in 3 matches while Spirit has 2 wins.
Heroic vs. Spirit Betting Preview
Spirit is on the upswing because they hold a 3-match win streak. At the same time, they recently won the Pinnacle Cup II and are psyched up to add another title to their name. Considering map performance shows that Heroic has a better performance on Nuke and Ancient while Spirit takes Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, and Overpass. For this reason, we are going with Spirit.
The Pick: Spirit to win.
